clockworks

[US]/'klɒkwɜːk/
[UK]/'klɑk'wɝk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (玩具、鐘錶等上面的) 發條裝置按計劃進行;進展順利

Phrases & Collocations

like clockwork

有規律地

clockwork mechanism

發條機構

Example Sentences

the clockwork precision of the galaxy.

星系平滑規則的精確度。

it was a clockwork existence for the children.

對孩子來說,這樣的生活反覆而單調。

the event ran like clockwork .

事件發展平穩。

After the clockwork of the watch was cleaned the watch kept perfect time.

那塊表的發條裝置擦乾淨後,走起來就非常精確了。

The sports day went like clockwork, with every race starting and finishing on time.

運動會進展順利,所有賽事都準時開始,準時結束。

Two-way and automatic thallic drive, energy conveys by box of two clockwork spring, motivation stores amount to 60 hours.

雙向自動鉈驅動,能量由兩個發條盒傳送,動力儲存達60小時。

Real-world Examples

Half an hour each time, like clockwork.

每次半個小時,分秒不差。

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Saturday nights is like clockwork with these guys.

對這些傢伙來說,週六晚上就像時鐘一樣準時。

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation August 2019

Clockwork is that mechanism we have for the old fashioned watches.

發條是我們爲老式手錶設計的機械裝置。

Source: Tips for IELTS Speaking.

" As regular as clockwork, he tells his family about his day."

“和往常一樣,他跟家人訴說他的一天是怎麼過的。”

Source: Tips for IELTS Speaking.

Clockwork's co-founder says what they do is different from salons.

Clockwork的聯合創始人表示,它們做的事情與美容院不同。

Source: CNN Listening Collection August 2022

Well, you take the pill every day like clockwork, right? - Yeah.

你每天都有按時喫藥吧?-沒錯。

Source: Our Day This Season 1

If everything is going as planned, we can say it is " running like clockwork."

如果一切都按計劃進行,我們可以說它進行得很順利。

Source: VOA Vocabulary Explanation

Years ago in Washington, DC, I ran a children's summer camp like clockwork.

幾年前,我在華盛頓順利舉辦了一個兒童夏令營。

Source: VOA Vocabulary Explanation

Of course it took several years before everything worked like clockwork in that department.

不過確實要花上幾年那方面纔會和諧。

Source: Sleepless in Seattle Original Soundtrack

A company named Clockwork debuted two robots at a pop-up store in San Francisco recently.

近日,一家名爲Clockwork的公司在舊金山的一家快閃店首次推出了兩個機器人。

Source: CNN Listening Collection August 2022

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